https://blog.cabroneria.com/tags/idle/ Recent content in Idle on > Cabronerias de Matu Hugo en-us Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://blog.cabroneria.com/bits/0012_blight_wayland_screen_dimming_freebsd/ Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://blog.cabroneria.com/bits/0012_blight_wayland_screen_dimming_freebsd/ <p><strong>Host:</strong> thinkpadt480s | <strong>Date:</strong> 2026-05-04 | <strong>Status:</strong> Deployed and running</p> <p><code>blight</code> is a FreeBSD-native backlight idle python script (written with the goldfish brain) running as a user daemon for KDE Plasma on Wayland. It dims the screen to 0 after a configurable idle timeout and restores it on any trackpad or TrackPoint input : talking directly to <code>/dev/psm0</code> and <code>/dev/backlight/backlight0</code>. No D-Bus. No logind. No powerdevil.</p>